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As a member of the Regional Development Australia Goldfields-Esperance Committee,  I have been asked to judge Govhack Perth at SpaceCubed. Govhack 2015 runs 3 – 5th July. From www.govhack.org: “GovHack is an annual open data competition held all over Australia and New Zealand. Teams are eligible for some great prizes, in addition to honour and fame at our RedRead more

Empire Drive-In is a large-scale temporary installation built from junked cars and salvaged materials. The project invites audiences to participate in a series of questions about car culture, planned obsolescence, and the distinction between public and private space. You can also watch a movie on a really big screen while sitting in or on anRead more

On a recent visit to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research I was lucky enough to be able to see the innermost chamber of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) as it was shut down for an upgrade after operating continuously for the past 2 years. I was struck by the aesthetic decisions made  inRead more

This weekend, at the fun, playful, experimental exhibition The Art of Sound (Margaret River) at the Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix, WA, I met many interesting and creative people. Barry Green managing director of Western Tourist Radio had some great links to draw between organic farming and the open source movement. The Art Of Sound show is aRead more

Over the past week, Jody Brown has totally reworked this site. Removing the Joomla install, and carrying across all the content and making a new structure based on the Standard Premium Theme. This has made a whole lot of things more accessible and improved the semantics, social media, search engine optimisation, legibility and design noRead more